PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOGNOSTICAL SCREENING OF LEAVES OF SOLANUN INDICUM
phytochemical and pharmacognostical screening of leaves of Solanun indicum
Abstract
Introduction: Solanum indicum (also known as S. violaceum Ortega or S. anguivi Lam.) is a medicinal plant that is utilized in Indian medical systems such as Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani to treat a variety of ailments. An attempt has been made to highlight this folk herbal medicine through the present study, which will assist in standardization for quality, purity, and sample identification.
Materials and methods: Thus, this study is an attempt to present an overview of pharmacognostic and phytochemical evaluation reported on this plant. Various standardization parameters like morphological characters, microscopic evaluation, physico-chemical evaluations (foreign matter, loss on drying, ash values, extractive values), preliminary phytochemical screening, TLC fingerprint, qualitative HPTLC of the extract and fluorescence analysis of powdered crude drug were carried out and the qualitative parameters were reported.
Results: The physicochemical parameters such as moisture content, ethanol- and water-soluble extractive, total ash, acid insoluble ash value were determined. Phytochemical screening showed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, saponins, tannins, steroids, and terpenoids in the ethanolic extracts of leaf of this plant.
Conclusion: The present study on pharmacognostical, physicochemical and phytochemical standards could be useful information for authentication and preparation monograph for S. indicum.
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